ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,044, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to EAGLE INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sliding component" was invented by Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a sliding component that supplies a sealed fluid to a leakage side in a gap between sliding surfaces to exhibit high lubricity and has a small leakage of the sealed fluid. A sliding component that has an annular shape and is disposed in a place where relative rotation is performed in a rotary machine, includes a plurality of dynamic pressure generating mechanisms provided in a sliding surface of the sliding component, each of the dynamic pressure generating...